Strategy to improve road safety in developing countries.

Objective: To review the road safety situation in developed and developing countries compared with the Arabian Gulf countries and suggest a strategy to improve it. The role of road engineers in reducing accidents is highlighted.

Methods: This is a retrospective study of road traffic accidents (RTAS) for a period from 1988 to 1998 in Arabian Gulf Countries.

Birth prevalence and pattern of osteochondrodysplasias in an inbred high risk population.

Background: Define the pattern and birth prevalence of the different types of osteochondrodysplasias in newborn infants in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) population, which is highly inbred and where termination of pregnancy is not accepted.

Methods: All infants with a birth weight of 500 gm and above in the three hospitals in Al Ain Medical District of the UAE were studied prospectively over a period of 5 years. For each live birth or stillbirth with suspected skeletal dysplasia, a detailed clinical and radiological examination was carried out.

Folic acid awareness and intake survey in the United Arab Emirates.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the level of knowledge and use of periconceptional folic acid supplementation in a sample of postpartum women recruited from three hospitals.

Design: Cross-sectional survey in which a structured questionnaire was used in a face-to-face encounter between the subject and a trained nurse.

Settings: Two teaching hospitals associated with Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and one private hospital.

The determinants of breast cancer screening behavior: a focus group study of women in the United Arab Emirates.

Purpose/objectives: To explore perceptions, knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about breast cancer and its screening among Emirati national women in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.

Design: A qualitative study using focus group methods.

Setting: Primary healthcare centers and a community-based women's association in the United Arab Emirates.

Road traffic accidents in the United Arab Emirates: trends of morbidity and mortality during 1977-1998.

High rates of serious road traffic accidents (RTAs) have been reported for several Arabian Gulf countries, including the United Arab Emirates (UAE). in recent years. This study aims to describe quantitatively the morbidity and mortality from RTAs in the UAE, to identify their trends during the period 1977-1998, to compare the results with those of developed countries, and to evaluate the information available on possible causes with a view to identifying the most useful direction for future research.

Temporal lobe epilepsy in children: etiology in a cohort with new-onset seizures.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to characterize the incidence and etiology of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) in a community-based cohort of children with new-onset disease.

Methods: A community-based cohort of 30 children with TLE was studied. The patients had new-onset disease before age 14 years between 1995 and 1999.

Toxoplasma antibody prevalence among healthy adults in United Arab Emirates.

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Biologic risk factors for low birthweight in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.

A prospective study of biological factors for low birthweight (LBW) among UAE nationals in the Al Ain Medical District was undertaken from 15 January 1992 to 14 January 1993, using a case control method. All 293 mothers of LBW infants and an equal number of mothers of the next normal weight infants born after the LBW infant were studied. Of the 3,485 live births, 293 (8.